Burlington County Board of County Commissioners
Burlington County Board of County Commissioners | |
|---|---|
| Leadership | |
Director | Felicia Hopson (D) |
Deputy Director | Tom Pullion (D) |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 5 |
 | |
Political groups | Democratic Party (5) |
Length of term | 3 years |
| Website | |
| Burlington County Commissioners | |
The Burlington County Board of County Commissioners (formerly called The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders) is a board of five people who govern Burlington County, New Jersey. The board is headed by two people: the director and the deputy director. They are chosen by the board. The current director is Felicia Hopson and the deputy director is Commissioner Tom Pullion.[1]
Responsibilities
[edit]As a local government the board is mostly responsible for governing the county and setting a budget.
Party affiliation
[edit]| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 5[2] | |
| Republican Party | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | |
Sessions
[edit]2019
[edit]During the 2018 elections, candidate George Youngkin faced allegations of domestic abuse and dropped out of the race; however, he was still on the ballot, and was subsequently elected to the Board. He resigned from the Board on January 2, 2019, one day after becoming a Commissioner.[3] He was replaced with Daniel J. O'Connell.
Previous Sessions
[edit]| Year | Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | Seat 4 | Seat 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |
Aubrey Fenton (R) |
Bill Haines Jr. (R) |
James Wujcik (R) |
Joseph Donnelly (R) | |
| 2008 |
Stacey Jordan (R) | ||||
| 2009 |
Chris Brown (D) |
Mary Anne I. Reinhart (D) | |||
| 2010 |
Bruce Garganio (R) |
Mary Ann O’Brien (R) | |||
| 2010 |
Chris Brown (R) | ||||
| 2011 | |||||
| 2012[4] |
Leah Arter (R) |
Joe Howarth (R) | |||
| 2013 |
Joanne Schwartz (D) | ||||
| 2014 | |||||
| 2014 |
Bruce Garganio (R) | ||||
| 2015 |
Mary Ann O'Brien (R) | ||||
| 2016 |
Kate Gibbs (R) |
Ryan Peters (R) | |||
| 2016 | |||||
| 2017 |
Linda Hughes (R) | ||||
| 2018 |
Tom Pullion (D) |
Linda Hughes (R) | |||
| 2019 |
Felicia Hopson (D) |
George Youngkin (D) | |||
| 2019 |
Daniel O'Connell (D) | ||||
| 2020 | Linda A. Hynes (D) | ||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2022 | Allison Eckel (D) | ||||
| 2023 | |||||
| 2024 | |||||
| 2025 | Tyler Burrell (D) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Board of County Commissioners". Burlington County. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ "Burlington County Freeholders". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- ^ "He just won an election but he's only going to take the job for one day". NJ.com. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- ^ "Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on August 1, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
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